Warriors and Angels
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Warriors and Angels

Please allow me to take time out from my regularly scheduled column to make sure you know about the 2022 SONA Warrior Awards. In a time when we all understandably have a severe case of virtual fatigue (myself included), this is one event you don’t want to miss.

💪🏻💪💪🏿💪🏾💪🏼💪🏽 😇

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Never Underestimate The Power Of  A Girl & Her Pen
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Never Underestimate The Power Of A Girl & Her Pen

Although this piece shines a light on poet laureate Amanda Gorman, WriteGirl — whose motto is “Never underestimate the power of a girl and her pen“ — plays a significant role in her journey. And Lord knows with all the ‘likes’ and ‘ums’ overtaking conversation, the brevity of messaging, not to mention the vanishing of punctuation we could use all the young poet laureates we can get.

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Confessions.